Bill Edgar's fiendishly-difficult Friday quiz

Another ten of the toughest questions you'll find on football trivia. Scroll to the bottom to read the answers.

Question One: Of the 34 players who have appeared for Derby County in the Premier League this season, how many have also played for a Football League club this season?

(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 14

Question Two: Of the past 16 Champions League semi-final places (over the past four seasons), how many have been taken by English clubs, Barcelona or AC Milan?

(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14

Question Three: Cristiano Ronaldo has been fouled 79 times in the Premier League this season before this weekend. How many fouls has the Manchester United player committed himself?

(A) 10
(B) 30
(C) 50

Question Four: Which company was the first to have its name on the shirts of an English professional football team when it sponsored Liverpool in 1978-79?

(A) Hitachi
(B) Crown Paints
(C) Candy

Question Five: Which Manchester City player scored a goal and saved a penalty in a home match against Derby County in April 1991?

(A) David White
(B) Niall Quinn
(C) Colin Hendry

Question Six: Of which club was Brian Little manager when he signed, aptly enough, Bryan Small?

(A) Aston Villa
(B) Stoke City
(C) West Bromwich Albion

Question Seven: Which two Premier League clubs have had the fewest number of league games televised live this season, before this weekend?

(A) Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City
(B) Reading and Derby County
(C) Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers

Question Eight: Which league club are in a play-off place going into the last weekend of this season despite having won only three of their final 17 home league matches? 

(A) Bristol City
(B) Watford
(C) Stockport County

Question Nine: Manchester United have not lost a league match by more than one goal since the season before last, 76 games ago. Which team inflicted that defeat?

(A) Middlesbrough
(B) Blackburn Rovers
(C) Chelsea

Question Ten: Wrexham’s relegation from League Two leaves just two Welsh teams in the English league – Cardiff City and Swansea City. When were there last fewer than three Welsh teams in the English league.

(A) 1919-20
(B) 1949-50
(C) 1959-60

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Answers

Question One: (C) 14. Stephen Bywater (Ipswich Town), Mo Camara (Norwich City), Craig Fagan (Hull City), Andy Griffin (Stoke City), Steve Howard (Leicester City), Michael Johnson (Sheffield Wednesday and Notts County), Eddie Lewis (Leeds United), Jon Macken (Barnsley), Bob Malcolm (Queens Park Rangers), Danny Mills (Charlton Athletic), Lewin Nyatanga (Barnsley), Matt Oakley (Leicester City), Stephen Pearson (Stoke City), Gary Teale (Plymouth Argyle).

Question Two: (C) 14. Nine by English clubs (three each for Chelsea and Liverpool, two for Manchester United, one for Arsenal), three by AC Milan, two by Barcelona and one each by PSV Eindhoven and Villarreal.

Question Three: (A) 10

Question Four: (A) A Hitachi. Crown Paints followed as Liverpool’s shirt sponsor in 1982 and Candy did so in 1988.

Question Five: (B) Niall Quinn. The striker went in goal after Tony Coton was sent off for a foul that prompted the award of a penalty to Derby. City won the game 2-1.

Question Six: (B) Stoke City in 1998.

Question Seven: (A) Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City – six times each.

Question Eight: (B) Watford

Question Nine: (B) Chelsea. They won 3-0 at Stamford Bridge in April 2006.

Question Ten: (A) 1919-20

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On Thursday we asked you: Chelsea and Liverpool have played in extra-time in a Champions League semi-final for two successive seasons. When was the previous time that a semi-final in Europe’s leading club competition went to extra-time?

Answer: 1986, when Barcelona beat Gothenburg on penalties having lost 3-0 away but then won 3-0 at home.